Here is a Power Point on how to utilize Educreations. This is a program that allows you to record lectures, with pictures, slides, and your own annotations. You can also browse and utilize hundreds of already made video lessons.
Here is a Power Point on how to utilize Learn Zillion. This website aligns Common Core Standards for ELA and Math with video lessons. Many of these video lessons incorporate guided practice as well as independent work. It is a great way to "flip" a lesson, have students view a series of lessons outside of class, then discuss, and practice the skills in small groups within class time.
Want a great way to get students asking questions and actively staying engaged during a presentation, movie, or while reading a passage? TodaysMeet allows students to crowd source their questions, providing the teacher and the students with immediate feedback on where people are confused, focusing, or finding most interesting. This is FREE and works on any device.
This is a great add-in for using "forms" in Google Drive. Basically create quizzes that can be graded automatically and give you great data sets for instruction. Follow the overview and get started using Google Drive and Forms for creating easy to gather data sets on your students' progress!
This excellent presentation will walk you through 40 interesting ways to use Google Docs in the classroom. Everything from beginner to advanced ideas are here!
This link will take you to the Prezi tutorial videos and documents. Prezi is a great presentation program that is more visually appealing and customizable than Power Point. Great way to bring your presentations alive.
This is a great blogging website set up specifically for education. This link takes you to a tutorial video that will walk you through setting up your account, adding students, and putting together your first post.
Twitter and Tweetdeck are great for finding information, expanding your professional learning community, and for communication. This link will take you to a YouTube video that will walk you through setting up both, and get you learning on your own!
What is a hashtag (#)? How do you use them on Twitter to expand your knowledge or add to the conversation? This short posting will introduce you to the reasoning behind using hashtags on Twitter as well as give you plenty of relevant #'s to get you started on your Twitter/Tweetdeck journey!
A great advanced student response system. Has more options than Socrative, including video sharing, link sharing, and a drawing feature. Great for teachers who want more from their student response system.
RealTime Board: www.realtimeboard.com
An endless whiteboard from Google. It is similar to Prezi. It has interactive features, collaboration possibilities, and great features that work with traditional computers and with tablets.
Here is a Power Point on how to utilize Educreations. This is a program that allows you to record lectures, with pictures, slides, and your own annotations. You can also browse and utilize hundreds of already made video lessons.
Here is a Power Point on how to utilize Learn Zillion. This website aligns Common Core Standards for ELA and Math with video lessons. Many of these video lessons incorporate guided practice as well as independent work. It is a great way to "flip" a lesson, have students view a series of lessons outside of class, then discuss, and practice the skills in small groups within class time.
TodaysMeet
Want a great way to get students asking questions and actively staying engaged during a presentation, movie, or while reading a passage? TodaysMeet allows students to crowd source their questions, providing the teacher and the students with immediate feedback on where people are confused, focusing, or finding most interesting. This is FREE and works on any device.
Flubaroo
This is a great add-in for using "forms" in Google Drive. Basically create quizzes that can be graded automatically and give you great data sets for instruction. Follow the overview and get started using Google Drive and Forms for creating easy to gather data sets on your students' progress!
40 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom
This excellent presentation will walk you through 40 interesting ways to use Google Docs in the classroom. Everything from beginner to advanced ideas are here!Prezi
This link will take you to the Prezi tutorial videos and documents. Prezi is a great presentation program that is more visually appealing and customizable than Power Point. Great way to bring your presentations alive.
Kidblog.Org
This is a great blogging website set up specifically for education. This link takes you to a tutorial video that will walk you through setting up your account, adding students, and putting together your first post.Twitter & Tweetdeck
Twitter and Tweetdeck are great for finding information, expanding your professional learning community, and for communication. This link will take you to a YouTube video that will walk you through setting up both, and get you learning on your own!Complete Guide to Education Hashtags on Twitter
What is a hashtag (#)? How do you use them on Twitter to expand your knowledge or add to the conversation? This short posting will introduce you to the reasoning behind using hashtags on Twitter as well as give you plenty of relevant #'s to get you started on your Twitter/Tweetdeck journey!Infuse Learning
A great advanced student response system. Has more options than Socrative, including video sharing, link sharing, and a drawing feature. Great for teachers who want more from their student response system.
RealTime Board: www.realtimeboard.com
An endless whiteboard from Google. It is similar to Prezi. It has interactive features, collaboration possibilities, and great features that work with traditional computers and with tablets.